#4E5E55
Umber · dark cool gray
About #4E5E55
#4E5E55 is a muted, dark shade in the gray family. On screen it is built from 31% red, 37% green and 33% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 17% cyan, 0% magenta, 10% yellow and 63% black. Its overall feel is cool.
Of the common colour names it is somewhere between Umber and Charcoal (ΔE 15.2); Charcoal comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #5E4E57 — a eggplant tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.
Designers tend to use dark tones like #4E5E55 for headings, body text, footers and dark-mode backgrounds. Put white text on top of it — 6.87:1, a WCAG AA pass. Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (6.87:1).
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Frequently asked questions
›What colour is #4E5E55?
#4E5E55 is a muted, dark shade in the gray family. On screen it is built from 31% red, 37% green and 33% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 17% cyan, 0% magenta, 10% yellow and 63% black. Its overall feel is cool.
›What text colour should I use on #4E5E55?
Use white text. White on #4E5E55 has a contrast ratio of 6.87:1 (AA).
›What colours go with #4E5E55?
Its complementary colour is #5E4E57, and analogous partners are #4F5E4E and #4E5E5D.